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InvenTree‑meta, India’s Largest Tree Inventory Meta‑dataset (1991–2023)
Researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and partner institutions compile the InvenTree-meta dataset. The dataset is presented as India’s largest meta-dataset of tree inventory studies, covering 465 published studies from 1991–2023 across 4,650+ hectares of forests.
InvenTree-meta (India’s Tree Inventory Meta-dataset, 1991–2023):
| Dimension | Key Details |
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| Compiled by | The dataset is compiled by researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and partner institutions. |
| Type | It comprises a meta-dataset of tree inventory studies from India. |
| Scale and timeframe | It comprises 465 published studies from 1991–2023 across 4,650+ hectares of forests. |
| Scope | It harmonises fragmented datasets into a unified framework. |
| Coverage | It comprises coverage across all major Indian biomes. |
| Accessibility constraint | Over 80% of datasets remain non-public due to high costs, lack of incentives, and global publishing biases. |
| Under-sampled regions | Under-sampled regions comprise Northern Western Ghats, Northeastern India, the Western Himalayas, and the Nicobar Islands. |
| Critical data gaps | Regions facing rapid forest loss, North East and Eastern India, lack sufficient ecological data. |
| Use-cases | It provides for assessing carbon storage for climate mitigation, supporting biodiversity and ecological monitoring, tracking forest responses to warming, and providing evidence for sustainable forest management. |